On February 13, 2023, a reporter from Jiandao.com learned from the Kunming Transportation Bureau that the Yuxi Yimen-Kunming Jinning Expressway will launch investor bidding in the near future, and construction is planned to start within this year.

Jinyi Expressway Project: The total length of the main line is 44.652 kilometers, of which, the Kunming section is 36.321 kilometers, and the Yuxi section is 8.331 kilometers. The whole line adopts two-way six-lane high-standard construction, with a roadbed width of 33.5 meters and a design speed of 100 km/h. The total investment of the project is 12.457 billion yuan, including 9.104 billion yuan for the Kunming section and 3.353 billion yuan for the Yuxi section. The construction period is 2023-2027. The construction of the project is of great significance for improving the trunk road network of Yunnan Province, accelerating the development of new industrial areas in central Yunnan, enhancing the competitiveness of the central Yunnan economic circle, and strengthening the linkage and coordinated development of central Yunnan and southern Yunnan.

After the project is completed, it can be organically connected with other expressways, breaking the original belt-shaped and block-shaped regional development model, running through the southern, central and western regions of China, connecting major border and coastal cities, and continuously extending to South Asia and Southeast Asia. Provide direct and efficient transportation assistance for undertaking and transferring, economic transformation, upgrading, etc.

Wudongde-Luquan Expressway Project: Starting from the Wudongde Jinsha River Bridge at the junction of Yunnan and Sichuan, it ends at the northwest side of Dongcun Town, Fumin County, and connects with Kuntang Expressway and Wutangxun Expressway. The project The total investment is 29.1 billion yuan. The project is an important part of the expressway network layout in Yunnan Province. It can form the second channel of the G5 Beijing-Kunming Expressway, which can realize a two-way open channel connecting the Yangtze River Economic Belt and South Asia and Southeast Asia. The central axis will realize the shortest expressway connection from Kunming to Chengdu. Keywords: engineering news, engineering construction information, engineering construction

The Wudongde-Luquan Expressway is also planned to start construction within this year and is expected to be completed and opened to traffic in 2027.

After the completion of the Wudongde-Luquan Expressway Project, it will improve the road network structure of Yunnan Province leading to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Chengdu-Chongqing region's twin-city economic circle. It is of great significance to promote the development of tourism resources along the route and link the Jinsha River waterway economy and regional social and economic development. Editor / Zhao E